The reason you wake up at 3am explained
If you have ever found yourself consistently waking up during the night, particularly around the same time, there is a good reason for it. Perhaps it’s always between 3 and 4 am, often referred to as ‘the witching hour’. However, rather than some eerie force disrupting your slumber, it appears the culprit could be something […]
More than a million unpaid UK carers living in poverty, research finds | Carers
More than a million unpaid carers in the UK who look after disabled, frail or ill relatives are living in poverty, with one in 10 experiencing such extreme hardship they struggle to afford to eat regularly or heat their homes, new research shows. Campaigners said carers – routinely lauded by politicians as unsung heroes whose […]
2018 world junior appeal adjourned by independent panel until criminal case complete
An appeal made by members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team to an independent board has been adjourned until the criminal trial involving those players has ended. A London, Ont., court has heard legal arguments in the sexual assault case of five former members of Canada’s world junior team. The trial is set to […]
6 staffers in Gaza killed after airstrikes hit school, UN Palestinian refugee agency says
The UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA said six staffers were killed after two airstrikes hit a school in central Gaza on Wednesday, marking what it said was the highest death toll among its staff in a single incident. “Among those killed was the manager of the UNRWA shelter and other team members providing assistance to displaced people,” UNRWA […]
Travis Head helps blast Australia to T20 liftoff against inexperienced England | Cricket
A fresh-faced England side came undone against a more storied Australian XI, falling to a 28-run defeat in the first T20I on Wednesday. The hosts fielded three T20I debutants – Jamie Overton, Jordan Cox and Jacob Bethell – but three significant figures in the Australian game wrote the story. To begin with, there was the […]
Frank Lampard ‘on shortlist’ for next England boss as FA consider four | Football | Sport
Frank Lampard reportedly remains on the Football Association’s radar as they continue their search for the next England manager. The former Chelsea head coach is reportedly on a shortlist drawn up despite Lee Carsley’s promising audition. Carsley oversaw successive 2-0 victories over the Republic of Ireland and Finland. England impressed in both matches, their first […]
Nigel Farage slams ‘failure of democracy’ after Reform MPs blocked from key roles | Politics | News
Nigel Farage has slammed a “failure of democracy” after Reform MPs were blocked from sitting on any of Parliament’s Select Committees. The Reform UK leader said his party won more votes than the Liberal Democrats. But three of Sir Ed Davey’s MPs will chair three committees on Health and Social Care, Environment, Food and Rural […]
Lucy Letby: doctor criticises judge’s opening remarks at inquiry | Lucy Letby
A medical expert has criticised the opening remarks of the judge chairing the public inquiry into the deaths and collapses of babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital for which the nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of murder and attempted murder. Dr Michael Hall, a retired consultant neonatologist and visiting professor in neonatal medicine who […]
Former world No. 18 loses tennis match in 37 minutes and gets booed | Tennis | Sport
French tennis star Benoit Paire could not help but laugh after his disastrous showing at the Open de Rennes in France on Wednesday. The former world No. 18 was easily put to the sword by eighth-seed Jacob Fearnley, a British star who battled hard against Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon this year, in the opening round […]
In photos: Remembering 9/11, 23 years later
U.S. President Joe Biden, Vice-President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump made a rare joint appearance on Wednesday at the New York City site that marks the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. Source link